The Butler men's tennis team lost a close match to the Dayton Flyers 4-3 on Friday. Butler fell behind early with a pair of losses in the doubles portion of the match, but rallied to even the score in the singles matches.

Mason Dragos continued his win streak today with a two set sweep of Dayton's Jordan Benjamin at the No.1 spot. Dragos won the first set 6-4, and escaped the second set with a 7-6 victory to complete the match. Dragos now holds a record of 6-1 on the season.

Thomas Brennan and Ryan Roegner also had impressive victories at the Butler Bubble. Brennan defeated his opponent in straight sets at the No. 4 spot, not allowing a single point, 6-0 and 6-0. Roegner delivered the Bulldogs another straight set victory at the No. 5 position over Joe DeMarco 6-1, 6-4.

Spencer Lang, Aviv Ben Shabat and Michael Dickson all dropped their matches in the singles portion of the match. Lang put up a hard-fought battle in the No. 6 spot, taking Steven Karl to three sets before, before falling 6-3 in the third set.

Dayton defeated Dickson and Dragos in the No. 1 spot and Brennan and Lang in the No. 3 spot to clinch the doubles point.

Butler is back on the court tomorrow when they take on Washington University (Mo.) at the Butler Bubble at 10 a.m. 
 
RESULTS

Dayton 4, Butler 3

Singles

1. Mason Dragos def. Jordan Benjamin (UD), 6-4, 7-6 (4)
2. Langford Hills (UD) def. Michael Dickson, 6-2, 3-3* Retired
3. Spencer Richey (UD) def. Aviv Ben Shabat, 6-4, 5-7, 6-3
4. Thomas Brennan def, Lorenzo Rollhauser (UD), 6-0, 6-0
5. Ryan Roegner def. Joe DeMarco (UD), 6-1, 6-4
6. Steven Karl (UD) def. Spencer Lang, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3

Order of finish: 4, 2, 1, 5, 3, 6

Doubles

1. Benjamin/Richey (UD) def. Dickson/Dragos, 6-4
2. Ben Shabat/Mag vs. Hills/Karl (UD), 6-6 unfinished
3. DeMarco/Rollhauser (UD) def. Brennan/Lang, 7-6 (1)

Order of finish: 1, 3